Owners Manual

Figure 37. Installing a 2.5-inch cabled drive in the drive cage

Next steps

1. Install the 2.5-inch drive cage cover.

2. Install the drive cage into the drive cage slot.

3. Connect the power and signal cables to the system board.

4. Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.

5. Enter System Setup and ensure that the drive's controller is enabled.

6. Exit the System Setup program and reboot the system.

7. Install any software required for the drive operation as described in the documentation for the drive.

Intrusion switch

Removing the intrusion switch

Prerequisites

1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions on page 23.

2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system on page 24.

3. Ensure that the GPU power and signal cables do not interfere with the intrusion switch cable.

4. Keep the plastic scribe ready.

Steps

1. Disconnect and remove the intrusion switch cable connector from the connector on the system board.

NOTE:

Observe the routing of the cable as you remove it from the system. Route the cable properly when you replace it

to prevent the cable from being pinched or crimped.

2. Using a plastic scribe, slide the intrusion switch out of the intrusion switch slot.

PowerEdge C4140 installing and removing system components